The
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (,
Ministerstvo na vanshnite raboti, abbreviated
МВнР, or
MVnR) of
Bulgaria is the
ministry charged with overseeing the
foreign relations of Bulgaria. It has been in existence since shortly after the
Liberation of Bulgaria, with the first minister stepping into office on 17 July 1879. Until 1947, it was known as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Religious Denominations.